Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov (born May 23, 1962) is a Ukrainian-American chess player.

[1] In 1985, he won the team gold medal playing for the Soviet Union and also won an individual gold playing on board four at the World Youth U26 Team Championship.

[2] Novikov won the Ukrainian championship in 1989, jointly with Gennady Kuzmin.

Also a trainer, Novikov trained grandmasters Irina Krush and Alex Lenderman, among others.

[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] In Ukraine, during 1988, together with International Master Igor Foygel, he taught the under 21 team.